23 The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 18:23. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃
תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים
יְדַבֶּר
רָ֑שׁ
וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר
יַעֲנֶ֥ה
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܡܣܟܢܐ ܡܡܠܠ ܪ̈ܟܝܟܬܐ ܘܥܬܝܪܐ ܡܡܠܠ ܥܫܝ̈ܢܬܐ
ܡܣܟܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܣܟܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mskn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 52
ܡܡܠܠ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܡܠܠ
- Transliteration
- mmll
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 55
ܪ̈ܟܝܟܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܪܟܝܟܬܐ
- Transliteration
- rkykt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 2
ܘܥܬܝܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܥܬܝܪܐ
- Transliteration
- w'tyr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5
ܡܡܠܠ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܡܠܠ
- Transliteration
- mmll
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 55
ܥܫܝ̈ܢܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܫܝܢܬܐ
- Transliteration
- 'shynt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 48
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
תַּחֲנוּנֵי נְמַלֵל מִסְכְּנָא וְעַתִּירָא נְמַלֵל עֲשִׁינָתָא׃
תַּחֲנוּנֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תחנוני
- Transliteration
- tchnwny
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 3
נְמַלֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נמלל
- Transliteration
- nmll
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 3
מִסְכְּנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סכנא
- Transliteration
- mskn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 17
וְעַתִּירָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עתירא
- Transliteration
- w'tyr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 13
נְמַלֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נמלל
- Transliteration
- nmll
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 3
עֲשִׁינָתָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עשינתא
- Transliteration
- 'shynt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 3
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Cum obsecrationibus loquetur pauper, et dives effabitur rigide.
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 5272
obsecrationibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- obsecratio
- Transliteration
- obsecrationibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 17
loquetur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- loquor
- Transliteration
- loquetur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1543
pauper
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pauper
- Transliteration
- pauper
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 231
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
dives
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diues
- Transliteration
- dives
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 101
effabitur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- effor
- Transliteration
- effabitur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2
rigide
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rigide
- Transliteration
- rigide
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Source-structure exceptions
Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.
Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.
Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
James 2:3
And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;
5 relevance votesJames 2:6
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
4 relevance votesExodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.
4 relevance votesIsaiah 66:2
For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.
3 relevance votes1 Samuel 25:17
So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
3 relevance votesGenesis 42:30
The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.
2 relevance votes1 Samuel 2:36
Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.
2 relevance votes1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.
2 relevance votesMatthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
2 relevance votesGenesis 42:7
And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.
2 relevance votesRuth 2:7
And she said to me, Let me come into the grain-field and take up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute.
2 relevance votes